Display device



June 24, 1930. z w, my 1,767,745

DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 16, 1928 AT ORNEY- vention.

Patented June 24, 1230 UNETE ZENO W. DAY, OF NEVJARK, JERSEY.

Y DISPLAY DEVICE Application filed May 16, 1928. Serial No. 278,160.

This invention relates to an improved display device to exhibit sheetsand cards or merchandise and is designed to replace wooden cork andsimilar boards which require the use of thumb tacks for securing thearticles to them.

In the case of wooden or cork board devices it usually requiresconsiderable pressure to seat the thumb tacks or pins and in addition tothis cork board is expensive. The boards soon show the effects ofrepeated use as tacks are driven in and pulled out and present a roughappearance.

The present invention provides a board of smooth appearance that isperforated over practically the whole surface to be used and whichreceives clips that are readily inserted and removed into and from theperforations in the plate. The plate is usually metal and I can use ametal plate with holes punched in it or a screen of fairly stiff wirealthouglra board of wood or cardboard can be employed in some instances.In the latter case the openings to receive the clips are recessesinstead of perforations when the board is of considerable thickness, andthe term openings as used herein refers to either perforations orrecesses.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure1 is a face view of a device embodying my in- Figure 2 is a side view ofthe article shown in Figure 1. 'Figure 3 is a perspective view of a partof the article shown in Figure l'but on an enlarged. scale and showing aclip about to be inserted and one already in place. Figure t is a detailperspective, of a device in the form of a screen, Figures 5, (i, and 7are views of various forms of clips to be used in securing articles tothe plate. Y

The form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 comprises a plate 10 which ispreferably made of metal and has practically its whole surface providedwith openings 11.." The plate is spaced from and supported on a suitablesupport 12. The sheet 13 represents a chart, bulletin or otherinformatory or educational article which is placed as the plate 10 andsupported by clip 14 placed in the openings 11 that are near the edgesof the chart 13. These clips can be made as in Figure 3 with thedivergent arms 15, with the point 16 to pass througha hole 11 and withat least one arm recessed as at 17 to hold the clip yieldingly in placeby engaging the edge ef a hole 11. T ie clip is made of spring wire,round or flat, and has ,the extending arms 18 with the broadened ends19. The ends are carried down to a point that gives them the necessaryspring pressure against the face of the plate when the notch or recess17 engages the edge of an opening 11. The end 19 can therefore pressagainst a sheet to hold it in place as in Figure 3.

It will be evident that sheets can be made to practically abut when heldby the opposed arms of a clip as they are separated only by the width ofthe central or guiding part of the clip.

In Figure a I show a board made of a screen 20 the wires being spacedthe required distance to form openings to receive a clip. The clip shownin this figure is slightly modified by forming the ends 21 to lie acrosstwo or more wires of the screen to provide a proper extent of grip andprevent the ends of the clip from passing into the flankingperforations. i

In Figure 5 I show a clip with the ends 22 bent inwardly to enablesheets to be slid under them easily;

' Figure 6 illustrates a clip with the two arms 15 notched to receivethe edge of a perforation and with the extended parts 23 to form fingerpieces whereby the arms '15 can'be squeezed together to facilitate theremoval of the clip from the plate or to raise the ends 24c to release asheetof paper from pressure of the clip.

In Figure 7 I illustrate a, clip with flat ends 25 and with a doubled.central strand 26 which can be enlarged to form a grip 27, for pushingthe clip in and pulling itw out and also for suspending articlestherefrom as when they depend from a loop or string. 7

Various other modifications can be made in the device without departingfrom the; 5100 scope of the invention as defined in th claim.

I claim The combination of a sheet'with spaced perforations therein,with a clip formed of Wire -bent into divergent arms,'the Wider endforming a finger piece for compressing the clip one of said arms havingan inwardly bent portion intermediate its ends, the wire then extendingfrom the outer ends to form arms to yieldingly engage the face of thesheet when the clip is inserted through a hole in the sheet.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

ZENO W. DAY.

